Baseball cap with knitted and air permeable seamless crown formed as a one whole piece

ABSTRACT

A baseball cap with knitted and air permeable seamless crown formed as a one whole piece, having the crown and a peak; the crown has a dome shape, and is knitted by blended use of polyester yarn and shaping filaments; two sides of an interior side of the crown are each provided with several partial binding off regions; a circular sweatband is provided near a lower edge of an inner wall of the interior side of the crown.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the technical field of cap, and morespecifically relates to a baseball cap with knitted and air permeableseamless crown formed as a one whole piece.

Nowadays, a knitted seamless baseball cap available in the market usesthe binding off technique for a cylindrical crown such that a topopening is converged and closed and a lower large opening is left openedsuch that a space is created, and then a head mold is used for finaladjustment and ironing to form a shape of the finished cap.

However, the cap manufactured according to the above technique has somedisadvantages:

1. The binding off leaves obvious traces on the crown that gives animpression that the cap is not made delicately; the raw product does notconform to the shape of a human head and requires subsequent processingand formation to obtain the shape of a wearable cap;

The materials used, the patterns and the types of stitches have novariations.

The number of stitches is fixed, thereby not flexible in size adjustmentof the cap.

Product scrap rate is high during manufacturing.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is a baseball cap with knitted and air permeableseamless crown formed as a one whole piece. The crown is a one wholepiece and is air permeable, and is knitted by blended use of polyesteryarn and shaping filaments. A position of a hollowed space ispredetermined, and then the two materials are blended during knitting. Adesired shape of the cap may be knitted using rows of flat knittingmachine needles, such that multiple variations can be achieved:variations of size and type of stitches, mix and match of materials andcolors etc., and all these variations can be further mixed, combined andmodified. Accordingly, the cap has enhanced potential for variations,and thus overcoming the disadvantage and deficiencies of the prior art.The knitted piece is being heat pressed by a mold such that the shapingfilaments melt, and then cools down to form its shape, wherein theknitted piece attain a 3D shape from its initial form of a flat piece.The shape of the cap is determined by the mold.

The present invention has the following technical scheme: A baseball capwith knitted and air permeable seamless crown formed as a one wholepiece, comprising the crown and a peak; the crown has a dome shape; thecrown is knitted by blended use of polyester yarn and shaping filaments;the crown is seamless; a circular sweatband is provided near a loweredge of an inner wall of an interior side of the crown.

The baseball cap disclosed by the present invention has a crown formedas a one whole piece. Compared with a conventional cap formed by sewingsix sections, the present invention significantly reduces the steps ofmaking the cap, thereby reducing production cost and reducing scrap rateduring manufacturing. The market position of the present invention ishigher, and most importantly, the present invention is more comfortableto wear.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a structure of the present invention.

Reference number 1 is a crown; reference number 2 is a peak.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is further described in detail below withreference to the accompanying drawings.

A baseball cap with knitted and air permeable seamless crown formed as aone whole piece, characterized in comprising the crown 1 and a peak 2;the crown 1 has a dome shape; the crown 1 is knitted by blended use ofpolyester yarn and shaping filaments; the crown 1 is seamless; acircular sweatband is provided near a lower edge of an inner wall of aninterior side of the crown.

In practice, the interior side of the crown is made of polyester fibers.

In practice, a knitted piece of the crown 1 is initially flat and thenbeing molded through a mold to obtain a 3D shape; the shaping filamentsare blended in during knitting process to facilitate subsequentadjustment, ironing and shape formation. By using rows of flat knittingmachine needles, the cap can be formed with potential multiplevariations.

In practice, the peak is made of surface fabrics stuffed with filingmaterials to form a core of the peak; the peak has a major function ofsun shading.

In practice, the sweatband is mainly made of polyurethane fibers andserves the purpose of fixing a size of the cap and the overall producteffect.

The above description is a detailed illustration of the presentinvention with reference to a preferred embodiment, and the presentinvention should not be considered limited to the above description. Toa person skilled in this field of art, some simple modifications orreplacements can be made without deviating from the inventive concept ofthe present invention, and they should be considered within the scope ofprotection of the present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A baseball cap with knitted and air permeableseamless crown formed as a one whole piece, comprising the crown (1) anda peak (2); wherein the crown (1) has a dome shape; the crown (1) isknitted by blended use of polyester yarn and shaping filaments; thecrown (1) is seamless; a circular sweatband is provided near a loweredge of an inner wall of an interior side of the crown.
 2. The baseballcap of claim 1, wherein the interior side of the crown is made ofpolyester fiber material.